COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 110461

 

Authorizing the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services to enter into contracts with various non-profit organizations for up to $1,355,625.00 to provide child care services, housing counseling, homeless planning, homeless services, and youth services.

 

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2011, the City Council approved staff recommendations for Community Development Block Grant Fund in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2011 One Year Action Plan in accordance with the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, authorizing submission of the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and certifying the plan; and

 

WHEREAS, execution of contracts will provide needed homeless planning, homeless services, senior services, social services, housing counseling, child and youth services and planning for low-to-moderate income citizens; and

 

WHEREAS, authorization is required from the City Council in order for the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services to enter into contracts with various non profits following the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the City’s amendment of the 2011 Action Plan, NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, public service and homeless planning contracts with the agencies identified in the following sections. Copies of the contracts, in substantial form, are on file in the office of the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services.

 

Section 2. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to expend up to $138,125.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 12-2600-575300-B to satisfy the cost of homeless planning services contract:

 

Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City $138,125.00

 

Section 3. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to expend up to $617,228.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 12-2600-575312-B to satisfy the cost of the following children and youth services contracts:

 

Boys and Girls Club $100,345.00

Mattie Rhodes 42,487.00

Guadalupe Center 96,870.00

Operation Breakthrough 119,981.00

YMCA of Greater Kansas City 20,576.00

United Inner City Services 78,057.00

Urban Rangers Corps 44,406.00

W.E.B. Dubois Learning Center 114,506.00

TOTAL $617,228.00

 

Section 4. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to expend up to $33,825.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 12-2600-575314-B to satisfy the cost of the following social service contract:

 

Kansas City Community Gardens $33,825.00

 

Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to expend up to $527,418.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 12-2600-575315-B to satisfy the cost of the following homeless prevention and housing counseling contracts:

 

Benilde Hall $ 32,914.00

Community Assistance Council 193,630.00

Greater Kansas City Housing Information Center 137,733.00

Guadalupe Center 102,430.00

reStart, inc. 60,711.00

TOTAL $527,418.00

 

Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to expend up to $39,029.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated to Account No. 12-2600-575316-B to satisfy the cost of the following senior services contract:

 

Palestine Senior Citizen Activity Center $39,029.00

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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.

 

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Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

 

Approved as to form and legality:

 

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Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney